Bawtinheimer, Earl Gordon (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-12-11

Sergeant Earl Gordon Bawtinheimer RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-October-11

Born:

Son of Peter and Myrtle May Bawtinheimer, of Hamilton.

Home: Hamilton, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

119 (BR) Sqn- Squadron
Noli Me Tangere Touch Me Not

Base

RCAF Stn. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Sergeant

Service Numbers

R/75718

Final Burial
Google MapGrove Cemetery
Terrace Sub-division Sec 16 Lot 1 Grave 3
119 City of Hamilton Squadron (Noll Me Tangere), Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. NS. Crashed on approach to Yarmouth when engine cut out on changing fuel-cocks to select inner tanks at 16:12 hrs on 1941-12-11: the 3-person crew, Sergeant E. Bawtinheimer, Sergeant J. Riess and Sergeant W. Whitman were all killed. Came down in woods 1/4 mile from end of runway. First fatal Bolingbroke crash for this unit
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